Customs and Border Protection, OFLC

Government Shutdowns and Immigration Processes: What to Expect

Jackson Walker on 10/2/2023

If Congress does not pass appropriations legislation or a stopgap spending bill by September 30, 2023, the federal government will experience a shutdown on October 1, 2023. A federal government shutdown will disrupt certain...more

Potential Government Shutdown: Immigration Consequences for Employers and their Foreign Employees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/27/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: If Congress cannot resolve funding issues by 11:59 pm EST on September 30, 2023, resulting in a federal government shutdown, it will have a ripple effect on employers, both large and small, with an impact...more

How Does the Government Shutdown Affect Immigration?

UB Greensfelder LLP on 1/8/2019

The federal government entered a partial shutdown on December 22, 2018. With no end in sight as the shutdown enters its third week, many are wondering how the shutdown will affect immigration matters. To provide some insight...more

How a Federal Government Shutdown Affects U.S. Employment-Based Immigration

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/24/2018

After a brief federal government shutdown over the weekend, the Senate and the House voted on January 22, 2018, on a temporary spending bill that will fund the government until February 8, 2018. The President signed the bill...more

The U.S. Government is Shut Down but Most Immigration Agencies are Operating

Clark Hill PLC on 1/23/2018

As the U.S. Government shutdown begins, many are left wondering about how such a shutdown may impact immigration-related agencies. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is impacted the most. Typically, if a U.S. government...more

Another Potential Federal Government Shutdown: Consequences for Immigration Application Processing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/23/2015

Congress is currently at a budget standoff that threatens to shut down the federal government for the second time in two years, effective September 30, 2015 at midnight, the start of the new fiscal year. As with the last...more